When I want to generate charts for financial years I just set the start/end dates to 1 July / 30 June. I haven't run into a situation where Australian financial years have caused problems.
Is there a specific chart or report you're trying to run that doesn't work in this way? Arman On Mon, 6 Sep 2021, 6:31 am David H, <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > FYI > > Fiscal year - Wikipedia > https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fiscal_year > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year> > < > https://www.google.com.au/search?q=fiscal+year+australia&sxsrf=AOaemvKMKqsIG1Wzsxpm2jMoWqS2P497qQ%3A1630873613838&ei=DSg1YbPPMviP4-EP3sqAiAQ&oq=fiscal+year&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQsAMQQzIHCAAQsAMQQ0oECEEYAFAAWABghY4DaAFwAngAgAEAiAEAkgEAmAEAyAEKwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz# > > > > 1. > < > https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qXr4zFa7OIUJ:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year+&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au > > > 2. > < > https://www.google.com.au/search?sxsrf=AOaemvJPnO_OD60HNwh81UtecPsZrP6hNA:1630873667856&q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year+fiscal+year+australia&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd_5Tt1ejyAhUEzTgGHVMrDkIQH3oECAYQBw > > > > Australia — In Australia, a fiscal year is commonly called a "financial > year" > (FY) and starts on 1 July and ends on the next 30 June. Financial years ... > Chart of various fiscal years > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#Chart_of_various_fiscal_years> > · > Tax year <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#Tax_year> · > Afghanistan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#Afghanistan> · > Australia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#Australia> > As to what flywire's doing, I think from his previous messages he's writing > a report of some kind... > > Cheers David H (Aussie) > > On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 01:18, john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sep 5, 2021, at 12:50 AM, flywire <flywi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Any chance of a bit of a hand working through the add-option to get > > Fiscal > > > Year working in the code? I've tested everything else and it works. > It'd > > be > > > a nice fix for Australians. > > > > > > gnc:make-date-option needs an optional parameter for year-start-month - > > > > > > https://github.com/flywire/gnucash/blob/Fiscal-year/libgnucash/app-utils/options.scm#L683-L761 > > > > > > Typical code ( > > > > > > https://github.com/flywire/gnucash/blob/Fiscal-year/libgnucash/app-utils/date-utilities.scm > > > ): > > > > > > (define* (gnc:get-end-cur-year #:key (start-month-fy 0)) > > > (let ((now (gnc-localtime (current-time)))) > > > (set-tm:sec now 59) > > > (set-tm:min now 59) > > > (set-tm:hour now 23) > > > (set-tm:mday now 31) > > > (set-tm:mon now 11) > > > (if (< (tm:mon now) start-month-fy) > > > (set-tm:year now (tm:year now)) > > > (set-tm:year now (+ (tm:year now) 1))) > > > (set-tm:isdst now -1) > > > (gnc-mktime now))) > > > > Let's back up a bit. What do you mean by "fiscal year" and what exactly > > are you trying to do? > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
